Anurag Saikia

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Anurag Saikia
Born Moran, Assam, India
Genres Film score, independent music
Occupation(s) Film composer, music director, music producer, instrumentalist
Instrument(s)Keyboard, synthesizers and piano

Anurag Saikia (born in December 1988) [1] is an Indian film score composer, music director, music producer and instrumentalist from Assam, India. [2] He is one of the youngest composers to be awarded Rajat Kamal for Best Non-Feature Film Music Direction for the film Yugadrashta . [3] [4]

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His mother Dipali Saikia, is an All India Radio artist and teacher and his father Dr. Anil Saikia is an academician, who was conferred the Pratima Barua Pandey memorial Award on 27 December 2011 for his contributions towards the preservation and popularization of folk culture and music of the State of Assam. [5] [6]

After completing graduation from Cotton College, Anurag was admitted into the Swarnabhumi Academy of Music (SAM), Chennai. [5] [7] One of the latest movies he composed music for, is Thappad. He has worked with many popular artists like Sonu Nigam, Arijit Singh etc. [8] [9]

Saikia is known for his initiative of syncing Borgeets to the symphonic orchestra. [10]

Discoography

Film

Web Series

As Music Producer (Independent Music)

Awards and nominations

AwardCategoryFilmSongResultRef.
61st National Film AwardsBest Music Director (Non-Feature Film)YugadrashtaWinner
Big Music Award 2010Best Music DirectorTup TupWinner
Swarnabhoomi Academy of MusicStudent Brand AmbassadorWinner
Prag Cine Award 2013Best Music DirectorShinyorWinner
Prag Cine Award 2017Best Music DirectorMajrati KetekiWinner
Sailadhar Baruah Award 2017Best Music DirectorDixou Banat PalashWinner
Sher Choudhury Excellence Award 2017Best Music DirectorMajrati KetekiWinner
Radio Gup Shup Award 2018Best Music DirectorMajrati KetekiWinner
10th Mirchi Music AwardsBest SongBas Ek BaarNominated[ citation needed ]
9th Mirchi Music Awards Best Song Producer (Programming & Arranging) Dangal "Dhaakad"Nominated
Jio Filmfare Awards (Marathi) 2018Best Background Score Manjha Nominated [8]

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